I flew down to Huntington Beach last Friday to spend the weekend with Amy. Taylor had two basketball games, one on Friday, the other on Saturday so Dick stayed in SF. I got smart and rented a car for a day! Waaaaaaaaay better plan! I was able to go to my hair appointment while she was at work and beat her home from work on Friday!
The last time I was visiting, she talked about going to The Getty in L.A. She still had not gone, so this trip, being a rainy day planned on Sunday, we decided to give it a go. WOW! It was AMAZING!! Each building is separated by centuries containing Art representing each time period, separated by countries. We began in the Artist Featured building - 'Rembrandt and His Pupils'. We were BLOWN AWAY by the beauty and emotion that was displayed in these drawings! I mean, the raw beauty of FEELINGS comes right off of the canvas, unlike anything I had seen before. Just like music, art was created for the church. There were many scenes from the Bible that I really cannot find the words to describe their beauty. We toured around 7 buildings like this, taking about 4.5 hours to see it all. Our hearts were FULL of respect and appreciation to these artists!
The landscaping and architecture is also a work of art.
They gave us complimentary umbrellas!! I could not help to use mine as a pointer most of the time and Amy got a kick out of that. Here, I am pointing at an item in the 2000 year building....Ink Jet on canvas!! Yes, how we've evolved!
When in the LA area, check it out, you won't be sorry. It cost $15 for parking and the rest is FREE!!
I flew home on Monday morning out of Long Beach on Jet Blue. NEVER AGAIN! One saving grace is that the rain was so miserable AND San Francisco Airport closes when conditions are not just perfect, I had planned on flying into Oakland. THANK GOODNESS! SF Airport WAS closed! WOW!! There are many reasons why I do not like LB. We'll just say, lesson learned.
It was, as always, a very good trip. Amy and I always enjoy the one on one time together and are always sooooooooo very thankful that I am able to spend a weekend with her every now and then.
Dick watched both of Taylor's games - they lost both.....enjoyed his down time, had Kurt over and watched a lot of football. It is always good to come back home to open arms, a dozen roses, the most adorable card with sweet mushy stuff he wrote and BIG smiles and lots of hugs! Truly a blessing like NO OTHER!
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